Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Winter Storm Warnings in 2008
Winter Storm Warning 4, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this winter storm warning at Feb 25, 2008, 3:15 PM EST for McKean County, Potter County, Warren County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Feb 26, 2008, 3:00 AM EST. It was in force for 25 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 25, 2008, 3:15 PM EST (20:15 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 26, 2008, 3:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 27, 2008, 3:35 AM EST
- In force
- 25 hr
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
Counties McKean County, PA, Potter County, PA, Warren County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 127 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 717 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS41 KCTP 252015 WSWCTP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 315 PM EST MON FEB 25 2008 PAZ004>006-260415- /O.UPG.KCTP.WS.A.0004.080226T1200Z-080227T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KCTP.WS.W.0004.080226T1200Z-080227T1200Z/ WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER- 315 PM EST MON FEB 25 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A STORM SYSTEM MOVING OUT OF THE MIDWEST WILL SPREAD A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN INTO THE REGION LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY AFTER SUNRISE TUESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE AT VARYING INTENSITIES INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. SOME FREEZING RAIN MAY MIX IN AT TIMES TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS WELL. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WEDNESDAY AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES TO DOWNEAST MAINE. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL RANGE FROM SIX TO EIGHT INCHES...WITH A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICING POSSIBLE AS WELL. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW OR ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. ANY TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. THOSE WITH TRAVEL PLANS IN THE WARNED AREA ARE ADVISED TO CHOOSE AN ALTERNATIVE ROUTE...OR SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE. CARRY EXTRA SUPPLIES...INCLUDING BLANKETS...FOOD AND A CELLULAR PHONE...IN CASE YOUR CAR BECOMES STRANDED. $$ PAZ010>012-017>019-037-041-042-045-046-049>053-058-260415- /O.NEW.KCTP.WW.Y.0007.080226T1200Z-080227T1200Z/ ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD-NORTHERN CENTRE- SOUTHERN CENTRE-TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN-SOUTHERN CLINTON- SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR-NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA- SCHUYLKILL- 315 PM EST MON FEB 25 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY. A STORM SYSTEM MOVING OUT OF THE MIDWEST WILL SPREAD A WINTRY MIX OF LIGHT SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN INTO THE REGION LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. LIGHT SNOW...MIXED WITH SOME LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE WINTRY MIX WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING COMMUTE...BEFORE CHANGING TO A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW DURING THE DAY...AND THEN BACK TO SNOW SHOWERS TUESDAY EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WEDNESDAY AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES TO DOWNEAST MAINE. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL RANGE FROM TWO TO FOUR INCHES...WITH A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICING POSSIBLE AS WELL. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS DEVELOP FIRST. $$ RXR/STEINBUGL/BEACHLER
7 follow-up statements
000 WWUS41 KCTP 260210 WSWCTP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 910 PM EST MON FEB 25 2008 PAZ004>006-261015- /O.EXT.KCTP.WS.W.0004.080226T0800Z-080227T1200Z/ WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER- 910 PM EST MON FEB 25 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY. A STORM SYSTEM MOVING OUT OF THE MIDWEST WILL SPREAD A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN INTO THE REGION LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY AFTER SUNRISE TUESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE AT VARYING INTENSITIES INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. SOME FREEZING RAIN MAY MIX IN AT TIMES TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS WELL. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WEDNESDAY AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES TO MAINE. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL COULD APPROACH EIGHT INCHES...WITH A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICING POSSIBLE AS WELL. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW OR ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. ANY TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. THOSE WITH TRAVEL PLANS IN THE WARNED AREA ARE ADVISED TO CHOOSE AN ALTERNATIVE ROUTE...OR SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE. CARRY EXTRA SUPPLIES...INCLUDING BLANKETS...FOOD AND A CELLULAR PHONE...IN CASE YOUR CAR BECOMES STRANDED. $$ PAZ024>028-033>036-056-261015- /O.EXB.KCTP.WW.Y.0007.080226T0800Z-080226T1500Z/ CAMBRIA-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN-JUNIATA-SOMERSET-BEDFORD-FULTON- FRANKLIN-PERRY- 910 PM EST MON FEB 25 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 10 AM EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 10 AM EST TUESDAY. A STORM SYSTEM MOVING OUT OF THE MIDWEST WILL SPREAD A WINTRY MIX OF LIGHT SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN INTO THE REGION LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. LIGHT SNOW...MIXED WITH SOME LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE WINTRY MIX WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING COMMUTE...BEFORE CHANGING TO MAINLY RAIN LATER IN THE MORNING. A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE FROM THE FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO FOLLOW AN INITIAL INCH OR TWO OF SNOW. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS DEVELOP FIRST. $$ PAZ010>012-017>019-037-041-042-045-046-049>053-058-261015- /O.EXT.KCTP.WW.Y.0007.080226T0800Z-080227T1200Z/ ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD-NORTHERN CENTRE- SOUTHERN CENTRE-TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN-SOUTHERN CLINTON- SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR-NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA- SCHUYLKILL- 910 PM EST MON FEB 25 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY. A STORM SYSTEM MOVING OUT OF THE MIDWEST WILL SPREAD A WINTRY MIX OF LIGHT SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN INTO THE REGION LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. LIGHT SNOW...MIXED WITH SOME LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE WINTRY MIX WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING COMMUTE...BEFORE CHANGING TO A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW DURING THE DAY...AND THEN BACK TO SNOW SHOWERS TUESDAY EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WEDNESDAY AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES TO MAINE. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL RANGE FROM TWO TO FOUR INCHES...WITH A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICING POSSIBLE AS WELL. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS DEVELOP FIRST. $$ DANGELO
000 WWUS41 KCTP 260819 WSWCTP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 319 AM EST TUE FEB 26 2008 PAZ004>006-261500- /O.CON.KCTP.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080227T1200Z/ WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER- 319 AM EST TUE FEB 26 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY. SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS THE AREAS TODAY. LIGHT SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE AT VARYING INTENSITIES INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. SOME FREEZING RAIN MAY MIX IN AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WEDNESDAY AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES TO MAINE. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL COULD APPROACH EIGHT INCHES...WITH A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICING POSSIBLE AS WELL. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW OR ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. ANY TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. THOSE WITH TRAVEL PLANS IN THE WARNED AREA ARE ADVISED TO CHOOSE AN ALTERNATIVE ROUTE...OR SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE. CARRY EXTRA SUPPLIES...INCLUDING BLANKETS...FOOD AND A CELLULAR PHONE...IN CASE YOUR CAR BECOMES STRANDED. $$ PAZ010>012-017>019-037-041-042-045-046-049>053-058-261500- /O.CON.KCTP.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080227T1200Z/ ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD-NORTHERN CENTRE- SOUTHERN CENTRE-TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN-SOUTHERN CLINTON- SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR-NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA- SCHUYLKILL- 319 AM EST TUE FEB 26 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY. A WINTRY MIX OF LIGHT SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL AFFECT THE REGION TODAY. LIGHT SNOW...MIXED WITH SOME LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET AT TIMES... WILL AFFECT THE MORNING COMMUTE BEFORE CHANGING TO A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW LATER THIS MORNING...AND THEN BACK TO SNOW SHOWERS LATE TONIGHT AS THE STORM SYSTEM DEPARTS. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL RANGE FROM AROUND ONE TO THREE INCHES...WITH A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICING POSSIBLE AS WELL. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS DEVELOP FIRST. $$ PAZ024>028-033>036-056-261500- /O.CON.KCTP.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080226T1500Z/ CAMBRIA-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN-JUNIATA-SOMERSET-BEDFORD-FULTON- FRANKLIN-PERRY- 319 AM EST TUE FEB 26 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING. A WINTRY MIX OF LIGHT SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL AFFECT THE REGION THIS MORNING. LIGHT SNOW...MIXED WITH SOME LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET...WILL AFFECT THE MORNING COMMUTE ACROSS THE AREA BEFORE CHANGING TO MAINLY RAIN LATER IN THE MORNING. A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE FROM THE FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO FOLLOW AN INITIAL INCH OR TWO OF SNOW. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS DEVELOP FIRST. $$ DEVOIR
000 WWUS41 KCTP 261505 WSWCTP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 1005 AM EST TUE FEB 26 2008 PAZ024>028-033>036-056-261615- /O.EXP.KCTP.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080226T1500Z/ CAMBRIA-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN-JUNIATA-SOMERSET-BEDFORD-FULTON- FRANKLIN-PERRY- 1005 AM EST TUE FEB 26 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. AS TEMPERATURES HOVER AROUND FREEZING...THE PRECIPITATION CONTINUES TO TRANSITION TO PLAIN RAIN ACROSS THE REGION. SO THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. THERE MAY STILL BE SOME PATCHES OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLIPPERY SPOTS THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...BUT THE MAJORITY OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE IN THE FORM OF RAIN. $$ PAZ004>006-262315- /O.CON.KCTP.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080227T1200Z/ WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER- 1005 AM EST TUE FEB 26 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY. SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS THE AREAS TODAY. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE AT VARYING INTENSITIES INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. SOME FREEZING RAIN MAY MIX IN AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WEDNESDAY AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES TO MAINE. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL COULD APPROACH EIGHT INCHES...WITH A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICING POSSIBLE AS WELL. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW OR ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. ANY TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. THOSE WITH TRAVEL PLANS IN THE WARNED AREA ARE ADVISED TO CHOOSE AN ALTERNATIVE ROUTE...OR SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE. CARRY EXTRA SUPPLIES...INCLUDING BLANKETS...FOOD AND A CELLULAR PHONE...IN CASE YOUR CAR BECOMES STRANDED. $$ PAZ010>012-017>019-037-041-042-045-046-049>053-058-262315- /O.CON.KCTP.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080227T1200Z/ ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD-NORTHERN CENTRE- SOUTHERN CENTRE-TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN-SOUTHERN CLINTON- SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR-NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA- SCHUYLKILL- 1005 AM EST TUE FEB 26 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY. A WINTRY MIX OF LIGHT SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL AFFECT THE REGION TODAY. LIGHT SNOW...MIXED WITH SOME LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET AT TIMES...WILL TRANSITION TO A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW LATE THIS MORNING...AND THEN BACK TO SNOW SHOWERS LATE TONIGHT AS THE STORM SYSTEM DEPARTS. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL RANGE FROM AROUND ONE TO THREE INCHES... WITH A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICING POSSIBLE AS WELL. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS DEVELOP FIRST. $$ RXR
000 WWUS41 KCTP 262025 WSWCTP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 325 PM EST TUE FEB 26 2008 PAZ019-045-046-049>053-058-262130- /O.CAN.KCTP.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080227T1200Z/ SOUTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CLINTON-SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-SNYDER- MONTOUR-NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-SCHUYLKILL- 325 PM EST TUE FEB 26 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. TEMPERATURES HAVE RISEN ABOVE FREEZING ACROSS THE AREA...CHANGING THE PRECIPITATION TO PLAIN RAIN. HOWEVER...SOME SLIPPERY SPOTS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TURN BACK TO LIGHT SNOW AGAIN THIS EVENING AS COLDER AIR FILTERS IN BEHIND A COLD FRONT...WITH JUST AN INCH OR TWO OF ACCUMULATION. $$ PAZ004>006-270430- /O.CON.KCTP.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080227T1200Z/ WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER- 325 PM EST TUE FEB 26 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE AT VARYING INTENSITIES THROUGH TONIGHT...SOME FREEZING RAIN MAY MIX IN AT TIMES LATE THIS AFTERNOON. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL COULD APPROACH EIGHT INCHES...WITH A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICING POSSIBLE AS WELL. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WEDNESDAY AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES TO MAINE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW OR ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. ANY TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. THOSE WITH TRAVEL PLANS IN THE WARNED AREA ARE ADVISED TO CHOOSE AN ALTERNATIVE ROUTE...OR SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE. CARRY EXTRA SUPPLIES...INCLUDING BLANKETS...FOOD AND A CELLULAR PHONE...IN CASE YOUR CAR BECOMES STRANDED. $$ PAZ010>012-017-018-037-041-042-270430- /O.CON.KCTP.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080227T1200Z/ ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD-NORTHERN CENTRE-TIOGA- NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN- 325 PM EST TUE FEB 26 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY. A WINTRY MIX OF LIGHT SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE REGION THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION BACK TO SNOW SHOWERS LATE TONIGHT AS THE STORM SYSTEM DEPARTS. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL RANGE FROM AROUND ONE TO THREE INCHES... WITH A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICING POSSIBLE AS WELL. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS DEVELOP FIRST. $$ RXR
000 WWUS41 KCTP 270021 WSWCTP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 721 PM EST TUE FEB 26 2008 PAZ004>006-270830- /O.CON.KCTP.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080227T1200Z/ WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER- 721 PM EST TUE FEB 26 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY. STEADY LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING...AND MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL BY WEDNESDAY MORNING IS EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 7 TO 12 INCHES. WINDS WILL SHIFT AROUND TO THE NORTHWEST AND INCREASE LATER TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. THIS WILL RESULT IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE 20S OVERNIGHT AND INTO THE MID TO UPPER TEENS BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. BRISK WINDS COMBINED WITH FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW OR ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. ANY TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. THOSE WITH TRAVEL PLANS IN THE WARNED AREA ARE ADVISED TO CHOOSE AN ALTERNATIVE ROUTE...OR SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE. CARRY EXTRA SUPPLIES...INCLUDING BLANKETS...FOOD AND A CELLULAR PHONE...IN CASE YOUR CAR BECOMES STRANDED. $$ PAZ024-033-270830- /O.NEW.KCTP.SN.Y.0003.080227T0021Z-080227T1200Z/ CAMBRIA-SOMERSET- 721 PM EST TUE FEB 26 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING ACROSS THE LAUREL HIGHLANDS AS MUCH COLDER AIR SWEEPS INTO THE AREA ON THE BACKSIDE OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING NORTHEAST FROM THE POCONOS AND INTO THE GULF OF MAINE. ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ACROSS THE WEST-FACING MOUNTAIN ELEVATIONS. WINDS WILL SHIFT AROUND TO THE WEST-NORTHWEST AND INCREASE OVERNIGHT...GUSTING AT TIMES OVER 30 MPH. THIS WILL RESULT IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE 20S OVERNIGHT AND INTO THE MID TO UPPER TEENS BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. BRISK WINDS COMBINED WITH FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ PAZ010>012-017-018-037-041-042-270830- /O.CON.KCTP.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080227T1200Z/ ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD-NORTHERN CENTRE-TIOGA- NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN- 721 PM EST TUE FEB 26 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING AND INTO TONIGHT...BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES. WINDS WILL SHIFT AROUND TO THE NORTHWEST AND INCREASE OVERNIGHT...GUSTING UP TO 30 MPH AT TIMES. FALLING TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT MAY LEAD TO SLIPPERY TRAVEL...AS WET...UNTREATED ROADS MAY BECOME ICY OR SNOW COVERED. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS DEVELOP FIRST. $$ STEINBUGL/TYBURSKI/MACH
000 WWUS41 KCTP 270701 WSWCTP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 201 AM EST WED FEB 27 2008 PAZ004>006-271200- /O.CON.KCTP.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080227T1200Z/ WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER- 201 AM EST WED FEB 27 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THIS MORNING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THIS MORNING. STEADY LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 7 AM THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES... BRINGING STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL TO BETWEEN 7 AND 12 INCHES. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE LATER THIS MORNING...GUSTING AT TIMES OVER 30 MPH. THIS WILL RESULT IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THE WIND COMBINED WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE MIDDLE TEENS WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO THIS MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW OR ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. ANY TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. THOSE WITH TRAVEL PLANS IN THE WARNED AREA ARE ADVISED TO CHOOSE AN ALTERNATIVE ROUTE...OR SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE. CARRY EXTRA SUPPLIES...INCLUDING BLANKETS...FOOD AND A CELLULAR PHONE...IN CASE YOUR CAR BECOMES STRANDED. $$ PAZ033-271515- /O.EXT.KCTP.SN.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080228T1200Z/ SOMERSET- 201 AM EST WED FEB 27 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY... THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO ACCUMULATE ACROSS THE LAUREL HIGHLANDS TODAY THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY AS MUCH COLDER AIR SWEEPS INTO THE REGION ON NORTHWEST WINDS. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ACROSS THE WEST-FACING MOUNTAIN SLOPES. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE LATER THIS MORNING...GUSTING AT TIMES OVER 30 MPH. THIS WILL RESULT IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THE WIND COMBINED WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE MIDDLE TEENS WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO THIS MORNING. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ PAZ024-271200- /O.CON.KCTP.SN.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080227T1200Z/ CAMBRIA- 201 AM EST WED FEB 27 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THIS MORNING... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THIS MORNING. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO ACCUMULATE THROUGH 7 AM THIS MORNING. ACCUMULATIONS BY SUNRISE ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ACROSS THE WEST-FACING MOUNTAIN ELEVATIONS. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE LATER THIS MORNING...GUSTING AT TIMES OVER 30 MPH. THIS WILL RESULT IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THE WIND COMBINED WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE MIDDLE TEENS WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO THIS MORNING. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ PAZ010>012-017-018-037-041-042-271200- /O.CON.KCTP.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080227T1200Z/ ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD-NORTHERN CENTRE-TIOGA- NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN- 201 AM EST WED FEB 27 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THIS MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THIS MORNING. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS BY 7 AM THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT... GUSTING UP TO 30 MPH AT TIMES. THE FALLING TEMPERATURES MAY LEAD TO SLIPPERY TRAVEL...AS WET...UNTREATED ROADS MAY BECOME ICY OR SNOW COVERED. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS DEVELOP FIRST. $$ DEVOIR
000 WWUS41 KCTP 270835 WSWCTP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 335 AM EST WED FEB 27 2008 PAZ004>006-270945- /O.CAN.KCTP.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080227T1200Z/ WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER- 335 AM EST WED FEB 27 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL PRODUCE A COATING TO AN INCH OR TWO OF ACCUMULATION TODAY INTO TONIGHT...HOWEVER...THE THREAT FOR ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY SNOWFALL ACROSS THE AREA HAS ENDED. THEREFORE THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ PAZ010>012-017-018-037-041-042-270945- /O.CAN.KCTP.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080227T1200Z/ ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD-NORTHERN CENTRE-TIOGA- NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN- 335 AM EST WED FEB 27 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL PRODUCE ONLY LIGHT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION TODAY INTO TONIGHT. THEREFORE...THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ PAZ024-270945- /O.CAN.KCTP.SN.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080227T1200Z/ CAMBRIA- 335 AM EST WED FEB 27 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW ADVISORY. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL PRODUCE ONLY LIGHT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION TODAY INTO TONIGHT. THEREFORE...THE SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ PAZ010>012-017-018-037-041-042-270945- /O.CAN.KCTP.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080227T1200Z/ ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD-NORTHERN CENTRE-TIOGA- NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN- 335 AM EST WED FEB 27 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. SNOW SHOWERS WILL PRODUCE ONLY A LIGHT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION TODAY INTO TONIGHT. THEREFORE...THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ PAZ033-271700- /O.CON.KCTP.SN.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080228T1200Z/ SOMERSET- 335 AM EST WED FEB 27 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO ACCUMULATE ACROSS THE LAUREL HIGHLANDS TODAY THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY AS MUCH COLDER AIR SWEEPS INTO THE REGION ON NORTHWEST WINDS. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ACROSS THE WEST-FACING MOUNTAIN SLOPES. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE LATER THIS MORNING... GUSTING AT TIMES OVER 30 MPH. THIS WILL RESULT IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THE WIND COMBINED WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE MIDDLE TEENS WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO THIS MORNING. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ DEVOIR
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS State College, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Feb 25, 2:02 PM EST, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 25, 2:02 PM EST, 1 hour 13 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 202 PM EST MON FEB 25 2008 .SYNOPSIS... A STORM SYSTEM MOVING OUT OF THE MIDWEST WILL SPREAD MORE WINTRY WEATHER ACROSS THE REGION LATE TONIGHT INTO MID WEEK. HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTROL THE WEATHER INTO TONIGHT BEFORE A STRONG COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH THE REGION TUESDAY. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED ANOTHER BLAST OF COLD AIR FOR THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... HIGH PRESSURE IN CONTROL THIS AFTERNOON WITH CLEAR SKIES IN THE EAST AND A STRATOCU DECK TRAPPED UNDER THE INVERSION IN THE WEST. CLOUDS WILL BREAK FOR A BIT AROUND SUNSET BEFORE INCREASING AGAIN AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. PRECIP WILL BEGIN TO EXPAND INTO THE REGION FROM THE SOUTH AROUND 09Z...AND BRING AN INITIAL PERIOD OF LIGHT SNOW/FREEZING RAIN FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS. THEN WITH WARMER AIR MOVING NORTHWARD...PRECIP SHOULD ALREADY BE TRANSITIONING TO RAIN ALONG THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES AND TOWARD RAIN WITH A FREEZING RAIN/SNOW MIX IN THE CENTRAL. THROUGH TONIGHT PRECIP WILL BE IN THE FORM OF SNOW FOR THE NORTHERN TIER. && .SHORT TERM /TUESDAY/... NEW GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO BACK OFF ON THE TIMING OF THE PRECIP ONSET...WITH NUMBERS SUGGESTING THINGS HOLD OFF UNTIL AT LEAST THE LAST HALF OF THE OVERNIGHT. HAVE BASICALLY DISCOUNTED THE NAM/SREFS ALTOGETHER AS THEY ARE THE OUTLIER AMONG THE OPERATIONAL GFS/ECMWF/CANADIAN AND GEFS GUIDANCE. SO WILL SPEND THE REST OF THE DISCUSSION TALKING ABOUT WHAT I CONSIDERED AMONG THOSE LAST 4. ALL THE MODELS SHOW THE SURFACE LOW SLIDING ALMOST DUE EAST ACROSS THE REGION LASTER TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. THERMAL PROFILES ONCE AGAIN POINT TO A COMPLEX WEATHER SCENARIO DIFFICULT TO TRY AND DESCRIBE WITH WORDS AND EVEN HARDER TO PAINT IN THE GRIDDED DATA. AT LEAST FOR THE OVERNIGHT MODELS SUGGEST THE FAR NORTHERN TIER WILL SEE SOME SNOW DEVELOP...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SOME FREEZING RAIN. FOR ABOUT THE SOUTHERN 2/3 TO 3/4 OF THE FCST AREA...WARM AIR IS EXPECTED TO SURGE IN ALOFT CREATING THE POTENTIAL FOR RAIN/FREEZING RAIN FOR A TIME TONIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. WITH THE TIMING OF THINGS DELAYED...WE SHOULD SEE JUST ENOUGH RAD COOLING TO MAKE THIS ICY MIX A POSSIBILITY. HAVE PUT UP A WATCH ACROSS THE FAR NORTH WITH THE SOUTHERN TRACK OF THE STORM SUGGESTING MAINLY SNOW THERE. A NARROW AREA OF 6+ INCHES IS POSSIBLE TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. AM NOT SUPER CONFIDENT IN REACHING THE 6/12HR CRITERIA BUT BY WED MORNING SOME 8 AMOUNTS COULD BE POSSIBLE. STILL...I WONT BE TOTALLY SURPRISED IF THE WATCH NEEDS TO BE EXPANDED SOUTH LATER TODAY AS THE ECMWF AND CAN MODELS BOTH SUGGEST MORE SNOW FURTHER SOUTH. WITH THE LATEST GUIDANCE MAKING FOR SUCH A RADICAL SHIFT IN THINKING...I CHOSE TO ISSUE THE CURRENT WATCH AND ADDRESS THE UNCERTAINTIES HERE. ANOTHER COMPLICATING FACTOR...EVEN IF THE SNOW CONFIGURATION WORKS OUT PERFECTLY...WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY BEING NEEDED FOR A TIME LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY TUES OVER MUCH OF THE REGION FOR SOME LIGHT FREEZING RAIN. AGAIN...THE LATEST GUIDANCE FORCED SUCH A BIG SHIFT IN THINKING...I DISNT WANT TO GO RIGHT TO AN ADVISORY FOR WHAT WUD BE LATE SECOND PERIOD...AS I ALL OF A SUDDEN HOISTED THE WATCH. THINK THE DAY SHIFT CAN DECIDE IF OVERNIGHT TEMPS WILL FALL ENOUGH AS PRECIP DEVELOPS TO WARRANT THE ADVISORY. IT ALL MAKES FOR A VERY COMPLICATED PACKAGE TO TRY AND DEAL WITH OVER THE NEXT DAY OR SO. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... THE SURFACE LOW WILL LIKELY CENTER JUMP TO THE NJ COAST BY TUES EVENING...BEFORE SHOOTING UP THE NEW ENGLAND COAST TWD DOWN-EAST MAINE. IN THE MEAN TIME WE SEE THE UPPER LOW FCST TO TRACK OVER THE AREA WITH GUIDANCE CONSISTENT IN SUGGESTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A FORMIDABLE LOOKING DEFORMATION ZONE BACK INTO THE CNTRL APPALACHIANS. THIS SHUD ALLOW AT LEAST LIGHT SNOW TO CONTINUE TUES NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY BEFORE WE TRANSITION INTO THE MORE FAMILIAR NW FLOW PATTERN WE ALL KNOW AND LOVE AT THIS TIME OF YEAR. EXACT PLACEMENT OF WHERE THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL SET-UP WITHIN THE DEFORMATION ZONE/FRONTOGENETIC FORCING BAND CANNOT BE DETERMINED AT THIS RANGE...BUT MOST GUIDANCE AND EXPERIENCE SUGGESTS THE NRN AND WRN MTNS OF CNTRL PA STAND THE BEST CHANCE AT PICKING UP SOME LGT TO MOD ACCUMS. BELOW NORMAL TEMPS WILL MOVE IN FOR THE LAST PART OF THE WEEK INTO THE FIRST PART OF THE WEEKEND AS A MEAN TROF DEVELOPS OVER THE EASTERN US. A SURGE OF MILD AIR AND POSSIBLY SOME DECENT RAINS IS THEN ADVERTISED FOR THE LATE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK TIME FRAME. && .AVIATION /18Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... HIGH PRESSURE IN CONTROL THIS AFTERNOON WITH CLEAR SKIES IN THE EAST AND A STRATOCU DECK TRAPPED UNDER THE INVERSION IN THE WEST KEEPING CIGS GENERALLY BETWEEN 15-25 KFT /EXCEPT A BIT LOWER AT KJST/. CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE AFTER MIDNIGHT /05Z/ AS WARM ADVECTION BEGINS...REINFORCING THE LOWER CLOUDS AND BRINGING LIGHT PRECIP IN FROM THE SW AFTER ABOUT 09Z. WE/LL SEE A LIGHT WINTRY MIX EARLY ON WITH A TRANSITION TO RAIN ACROSS THE SOUTH...RAIN MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW IN THE CENTRAL AND PREDOMINANTLY SNOW IN THE NORTH. AS THIS STORM SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH WITH ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT LATER TUESDAY...COLDER AND WINDIER CONDITIONS SWEEP IN BEHIND. WINDS WILL TURN W/NW AT 15-25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. ALSO BY TUE NIGHT WE TRANSITION TO A WINTER TYPE REGIME WITH VFR IN THE EAST AND MVFR/IFR SNOW SHOWERS AND LOWER CLOUDS FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE W AND N. GUSTY NW WINDS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN THE WAKE OF THIS STORM WED AND THURS...CREATING LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHWRS OVR THE ALLEGHENY HIGHLANDS /KBFD AND KJST/...WHILE VFR CONDS LIKELY TO PREDOMINATE EAST OF THE MTNS. A WARMING TREND ON FRIDAY...BEFORE THE NEXT SYSTEM SLIDES THROUGH FRI NIGHT INTO SAT. && .CTP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WATCH FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR PAZ004>006. && SYNOPSIS...LACORTE NEAR TERM...RXR SHORT TERM...LACORTE LONG TERM...LACORTE AVIATION...RXR
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 25, 4:05 AM EST, 11 hours 10 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 405 AM EST MON FEB 25 2008 PAZ004>006-260915- WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER- 405 AM EST MON FEB 25 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A STORM WILL MOVE IN OVERNIGHT AND BRING A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW AND SOME FREEZING RAIN BY TUESDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER STORM WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE. PAZ010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046-049>053-056>059- 063>066-260915- ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD-NORTHERN CENTRE- SOUTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN-JUNIATA-SOMERSET- BEDFORD-FULTON-FRANKLIN-TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN- SOUTHERN CLINTON-SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR- NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-PERRY-DAUPHIN-SCHUYLKILL-LEBANON-CUMBERLAND- ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER- 405 AM EST MON FEB 25 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A STORM WILL MOVE IN OVERNIGHT MAY CAUSE MINOR ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW OR ICE INTO TUESDAY TUESDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A STORM WILL MOVE IN OVERNIGHT MAY CAUSE MINOR ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW OR ICE INTO TUESDAY TUESDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 4:02 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | CTP | McKean, Potter, Warren | 11 hr |
| Feb 25, 3:15 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CTP | Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Cameron, Centre, Clearfield and 18 more | 36 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.